Rope clamp



April 13,1926. 1,580,149

F. W. MEYERS ROPE .CLAMP Filed March 13, 1925 Q I/v v57?) EEDE/P/CK WM ZYERS Patented Apr. 13,1926;

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n'orn CLAMP.

Appl i'cation'filed. March 13, 1925. Serial No. 15,242. g

To all 'whomit'may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK ERS at lhicago, in the countyof Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hope Clamps, of which the following is a specification. v I

The present invention relates to what are commonly known in the art as rope clamps MEY- and relates particularly to adevice possessing a gripping member operable in either direction. 7 g Y Among the objects of'the invention are the following The provision of an unique rope gripping member having a novel movable grip face in association with a permanently affixed portion An unique locking member adapted to re tard movement of the cable or rope grlpped thereby and so disposed that it may be made to operate in oneof two directions as-desired; i

An unique association between the body member and a movable clamp member of an improved configuration and disposed upon said body in such a manner that it may be used equally well in a plurality of directions; 7

A simplified construction for a rope clamp whereby the number of parts is reduced and their manufacture rendered a simple matter.

These, and such other objects as may hereinafter appear, are attained by the novel construction of the several elements which constitute the device, the combination of said elements one with another, and their ar-,

rangement, all of which is fully disclosedin the accompanying single sheet of drawing in which other embodiments of the invention are illustrated.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of one embodinientof the invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevationof the same embodiment of the invention disclosing the gripping action of the member in one direc-' tion in full lines, and the gripping action thereof in the other direction in dotted lines. Figure 3 is a side elevation of a second embodiment ,of the invention; and

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device comprising a wall bracket or plate mounting twp of the clamp members. v I 1 Like reference characters are usedtodes acitizen of the United States, residing parallel with theshank 11.

body'lO and'adthe description which. follows.

YReference should be had to Figures 1- and i 2-. The rope holding member comprises a body having a threaded shank 11 adapted to be securedto a wall or other member to which the device is to be anchored. The upper end of the body 10 comprises a hook portion 12, the material of' said ho'okportion being so disposed that the clamp memher now to be described: will fall in a line At the lower end of the jacent that portion thereof which is curved preliminary to forming the threaded I shank 11 is an aperture 13fadaptedto receive a rivet 14 having a head 15. The body of rivet 14 is of greater diameter than the aperture 13 and said rivet 14 is held upon the body 10 by a constricted section 16 inserted into aperture 18 and riveted atV-17; in a manner common to many arts. i

Disposed upon the rivet 14 is a movable member 18 having an aperture 19 slightly larger than the bodyv portion of rivet 1 1.

Member 18 is always placed in position upon the rivet" 1 1 before said rivet let is secured tobody 10 in the manner described in the preceding paragraph.

Movable member 18 comprises a body somewhat diamond shaped. Its sides 20 are smooth and converge at a-point below the aperture 19. Its upper sides 21 are cor rugated to increase their gripping surface, such corrugations being transverse to the strand of rope adapted to be gripped thereby. Sides 21converge at a point closely adjacentto the hook 12-, and the member 18 shouldbe of such a dimension that it just clears the material of hook 12. Under these circumstances, member 18 is adapted to seeure a rope, designated 22 in Figure 2 as to prevent i'novement'of-rope- 22 in a direc" tion which would bring the point of intersection between the sides21 beneath the hook 12. The device as described possesses an adaptability to receive ropes of several dimensions, and may be operated to prevent: the rope 22 from being pulled in either direction as shown in Figure 2.

To release the rope 22 it is only necessary to pull the loose end so that the clamp 18 s moved int-he direction of the "i111, and while loosened, to more said member, 18 a said rivet. 34h being adapted to be seated in: the apertures in the nraterial of body 80 at;

opposite: sides of the movable member 38,

The construction of the member 38 is identical With that of 18 previously described, and its manner of operation is the same.

The third form of the invention is shown in Figure & wherein a bracket or Wall plate 40 is shown secured by nails or screws 41 to a Wall. or other member suitable for anchoring the device. The bracket 40 comprises material bent at right angles to time portion through which the fastening members e1 are inserted and terminatingin hook portions 42 substantially identical with the hook, 12; shown in Figures 1 and 2.

Rivet members 44, corresponding to rivet 1%, are disposed at opposite sides ozfherachet- 40 to hold in position movable grip members 48, such grip members identical in structure and operationvith the grip member 18 dis- 0 A rope clamp comprising a body having means for attachment to an anchoring ohject and an. offset portion forming a cleat, and a substantially diamond shaped member. pivoted at one end and seated, in said ottet portion with its other end in juxtaposition to said cleat, said member and the rope engaging portion of said eleat being in alignment with said body, and said last mentioned end having contiguous edges knurled to securely engage a rope intermediate said member and said cleat:

FREDERIGK lV. MEYER-S 

